The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-06-09
THE NEW RAILROAD SHOPS
which the Cleveland & Canton Railroad
Company Intsnd Building Here,
Provided the Necessary Land Donation Is
Made---An Important Meeting Of tho
Board of Trade Tuesday Evening
Relative to the Matter.

Next Tuesday evening the Board of
Trade and citizens generally will meet
In the Assembly Room for the purpose
of taking some action relative to the
construction Of the new Cleveland q
Canton shops In this city. The meeting
will be an important one and should be
attended by every one who has the In
forests of the city at heart.
At the last meeting Of the City C0un-
Gil Louis Schaefer, Esq, Secretary OF the
Board Of Trade, made brief address,
stating that, on account OF the proposed
change In the gauge OF the Cleveland q
Canton Railroad, Increased shop facili-
ties will be necessary and the company
desires to obtain about thirteen acres Of
land In the vicinity Of their round
house and present shops. Unless the
city secures this for the company the
chances are that the sh0Ds,will be moved
to some other city Cleveland would
like to get the works and gentleman
has offered to donate sufficient ground
to the company In the suburbs Of the
city, with the view Of enhancing the
value Of adjoining land owned BY him.
President Blood and some Of the direc-
tors Of the road will be here next week
to consult with the Board Of Trade. Mr..
Schaefer said Mr.. t. B. Albert had vol
unteered to donate FIVE acres Of land and
the Rowland heirs will give three or
four acres, providing the city will open
out jackson street eastward. In order
to get the required space 1t will take
about six or seven acres additional,
which is owned by Mr.. Ferdinand jain.
This can be bought at $500, an option
having been secured on 1t at that figure
until June 25. So far Canton has not
contributed penny toward helping the
Cleveland q Canton Railroad, and here
the opportunity presents itself, not only
to aid the company but the city also.
The new shops will employ probably
two hundred hands, mostly skilled work
men, and the plant will prove to be one
of material profit to the city and Valu-
able accession to the varied industries
Of the city.
At present there Is on deposit some
50 900, collected about two years ago
for the purchase OF shop lands for the
road. Change In management, litigR-
tI0n, etc., caused the parties inter-
ested to lose sight Of this, and now the
money can be utilized nicely for the
purchase. Say seven acres Of Mr.. Jshn's
land will have to be bought at 5000
per acre. That would be %, 800, reQUir-
Ing the collection OF %, 400 beyond the
$1,000 already in fund. There should be
no trouble to raise this sum. The meet
ing will convene promptly at eight
O'Clock, and every business man should
attend.
MASTER MECHANIC BEAN.
Master Mechanic Bean Of the Cleve-
land & Canton, was met by the DEMO.
Graf to-day.
"How would you like to have the |
shops moved from CsntOnp" queried the |
DEMOCRAT.
''First rate; not because I want ts see |
Canton lose anything, but purely as q |
prudent business movement"
The reply rather staggered the DEMO. |
Graf as it failed to see the prudence of |
any concern In leaving Canton, 30 the |
interrogation "why" was sprung upon |
Mr.. Bean.
Because 1t can employ machinlsts at |
lower wages and get them more readily
In Cleveland than here. Railroad ma. |
chinlsts like to live In city where there !
can enjoy the advantages of city life"
"Is that the only reason"
mo; l can get my supplies quicker |
and at less cost, because the competi- !
tlOn In Cleveland Is more Intense and |
closer figures are quoted"
Don't Canton possess any adVan-
tagss2" g. =.
evil Influences Of strikes and other |
labor troubles. Beyond this the city is
located at the c0nVerging point Of the |
three lines Of the road and is the nat. |
ursl location for the headquarters OF |
the company"
'Do you think the shops will 90 |
moved to CleVelandp"
"NOt IL the city accepts Mr.. BlOod's |
proposition which / think Is very rea. |
sonRble One."
"The widening Of the gauge will Of |
course cause the employment Of more |
men In the shops9"
Certainly; even after the work at |
tendant upon widening the gauge ic
completed we will be obliged to keep a |
large force Of shop hands. When we
have standard gauge line we will al |
ways have lot Of cars belonging to
other roads on hand. These will need
constant repairing, which we will have
to do. Thsn the road will have better |
terminal facilities In Cleveland and con-
meet with other roads, 80 that car load
will not have to be transferred piece
meal. This will wonderfully increase
the freight traffic and consequently give
us more engines and cars to look sfter. 1
VIII, az 1t Is the shops pay ont over $780,
600 annually In wages and o large sum
of money is spent In the purchase Of
supplies heIe. This does not include the
wages to office employees and persons
employed In other departments Of the
road, most of whom would 60 to Cleve
land, In case the shops and offices were
removed there" 9ssat
Il guess we'd better get you the
land" said the DEMOCRAT, but just then
an engine came ecreeching along and
Mr.. Bean boarded 1t and waved his hand
good bye as the engine disapE Eeared
around the curve, bound for the round
house. "